Shipping-refrigerator.



N0. 668,304. Patented Feb. I9, |90I. W. B. CARNAY. SHIPPING REFHIGERATOB.

(Application led Oef;A 24, 1900.)

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SPECIFICATION formi-ag part of Letters Patent No. 668,304, dated February 19, 1901- Application led October 24, 1900. Serial No. 34,204. (No model.)

To (tZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. CARNAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ballston Spa, in the county of Saratoga and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefullmprovementsin Shipping-Refrigerators, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section of the shipping-case, taken on the line 1 l of Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a vertical transverse section Yon the line 2 2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3, an end elevation with the door and one of the ice-chambers removed and showing closed bananaboxes instead of berry-crates shown in Fig. l; Fig. 4t, a detail perspective of one of these closed boxes, and Fig. 5 a perspective view of one ice-chamber removed.

The Object of this invention is to provide a shipping-refrigerator which will enable berries and other fruits injured by high temperatnres to be transported Without deterioration, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

Referring to the drawings by letters, A designates the main case of the refrigerator, which is preferably of approximately rectangularshape and Whose Walls are made double in the usual manner With refrigerators. At one end the case is provided with a removable door d, which is adapted t-o be secured in place by a suitable lock. At each end of the case or box-that is, at the inner or rear end and at 'the door end-is placed an icebox b, Which is adapted to be slid into place through the Open end of the box and be supported upon suitable longitudinal Wooden strips c, secured longitudinally to the top and bottom and sides of the interior of the box. Attached to the bottom of each ice-chamber is a short tube d, Which is adapted to carry olf the Water resulting from the melting of the ice, and each of these tubes d empties into a tube e, leading out through the bottom of the main box or case. Attached to the inner Wall of each ice-chamber is a supplemental Wall f, which is set away from the Walla short distance to provide an air chamber or space g.

Between the removable ice-chambers the berry-supporting crates h are placed in any may be easily handled during transportation,

as there are no parts to become disarranged by rough handling, and, further, that the icechambers may be readily removed for refilling and for cleaning. It Will also be observed that by arranging the ice-chambers at either end of the main box an equable temperature will be maintained. It will be further observed that this refrigerator is designed to carry berries in the regular-sized crates, which may be placed bodily into the refrigerator, Whereas in other berry-refrigerators the berries have to be removed from the trays.

It is Obvious that instead of employing the shipping-case for the purpose of transporting berries and the like in hot Weather it may be employed for transporting bananas and like fruit in cold Weather Where it is desirable that the fruit shall loe protected against low temperature. In this latter use of the shipping-case I prefer that the bananas shall be incased in suitable boxes adapted to be slid into the case from the open end, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

It will be observed that it is essential that the door of the refrigeratorbe located at one end of the case, so that in packing the refrigerator for a shipment the filled ice-chamber at the far or closed end thereof may first be slid into place, then the provision-chamber be properly filled, and then the outer i-cechamber slid into place against the berrycrates, after which the door is closed and locked. ln this Way the refrigerator may be conveniently and quickly packed for a shipment and in such manner that the interme- IOO end and the other adjacent to the door, said ice-chambers substantially tting the interior of the easing and each having a drainagetnbe, outlet-tubes in the bottom of the easing registering with said drainage-tubes and removable fruit-Carrying means inelosed between the two ice-chambers, substantially as( and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses, this 19th day of October, 1900.

WILLIAM B. CARNAY.

Witnesses:

CHARLES SCHWARZ, LIZZIE SWEENY. 

